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LibriVox recording of Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, by Ulysses S. Grant. Read by Jim Clevenger.
"In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due. There must be many errors of omission in this work, because the subject is too large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances, during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and are not here alluded to. The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds".
(Summary by U. S. Grant)
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"In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due. There must be many errors of omission in this work, because the subject is too large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances, during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and are not here alluded to. The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds".
(Summary by U. S. Grant)
M4B audiobook of complete book
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.
M4B Audiobook Part 1 (208MB)
M4B Audiobook Part 2 (244MB)
M4B Audiobook Part 3 (262MB)
M4B Audiobook Part 4 (255MB)
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Reviewer:
TheGreenLama
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October 22, 2020
Subject: Appendix
Subject: Appendix
Excellent reading by Jim Clevenger. My only comment is about the appendix. It appears that this was broken up into arbitrary parts based on file size or duration. It would have been much more useful to instead have divided this up by say campaigns or some other historical metric. This can still be done. Currently the appendix, 'Report of Lt-Gen US Grant of US Armies, 1864-5' to Sec of War Stanton, is broken up roughly as follows:
1/4 Apr 2 to May 25, 1864, from Grant's appointment to head army to just AFTER the Shenandoah Valley Campaign began;
2/4 May 25 to Oct 11, 1864, beginning just AFTER the Shenandoah Valley Campaign began to Sherman's time in Atlanta;
3/4 Oct 11, 1864 to Mar 27, 1865, from Sherman's time in Atlanta to Sheridan returning to Petersburg;
4/4 Mar 24 to May 4, 1865, from Sheridan returning to Petersburg to end of war.
1/4 Apr 2 to May 25, 1864, from Grant's appointment to head army to just AFTER the Shenandoah Valley Campaign began;
2/4 May 25 to Oct 11, 1864, beginning just AFTER the Shenandoah Valley Campaign began to Sherman's time in Atlanta;
3/4 Oct 11, 1864 to Mar 27, 1865, from Sherman's time in Atlanta to Sheridan returning to Petersburg;
4/4 Mar 24 to May 4, 1865, from Sheridan returning to Petersburg to end of war.
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NorfolkAJL
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May 29, 2011
Subject: Witty memoirs well-read
Subject: Witty memoirs well-read
Grant has a wry turn of phrase and an eye for the humorous - as well as giving his memories of the Mexican and American Civil Wars. He also has a nice line in self-deprecation. The reader's voice and style are well-suited to the material. As a solo reading this was a major task well performed - thanks to Jim Clevenger
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